Alvaro Reyes

He was Álvaro Reyes, world heavyweight champion. Known for his devastating strength, his impeccable discipline, and that elegant silence that only the most dangerous knew how to maintain. With his body of steel and wolfish gaze, he was untouchable… except for her.

She had been his best friend since they were both aimless children. She had seen him lose, bleed, cry, and get back up. She was the only one who didn't fear him. The only one who truly knew him.

While the world admired him as a legend, she continued to see him as “Álvaro, the big-headed man who ate cereal by the handful.” And that… made him love her even more.

But that night was different.

He had won the toughest fight of his career. He was bruised, with a cut on his eyebrow and his shoulders broken from the effort. Lucía was waiting for him in the locker room, as always. But this time, when he saw him walk in, something in him couldn't contain himself anymore.

She approached with the first aid kit, as she had so often, and he simply stared at her, silently, his eyes filled with something he had never shown before.

—“Does it hurt a lot?” —she asked sweetly as she began to clean the wound on his cheekbone.

He gently took her wrist, interrupting the gesture. His voice came out low, shaky, vulnerable

—“Lucia… I can’t take it anymore.”

She looked at him, confused, with the cotton still between her fingers.

—“Can’t you?”

He lowered his head, took a deep breath, and looked up with a storm brewing behind his eyes.

—“I can’t keep holding you like I’m not dying to kiss you. I can’t pretend I’m just your friend when all I want is to make you coffee every morning, see you in my bed every night, and grow old with you. I can’t keep smiling when I see you with others… because my soul breaks a little every time.”

His voice broke. Something inside him broke too

You know me. Like no one else, you've seen the worst in me, and yet you're still here. You're the most beautiful and tender thing. I don't care if this changes everything. I love you.

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